Mop-wringer



o. B. PBTTBNGLLQ MOvp-Wrngers.

Patented Jan. 6,188()i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. PETTENGILL, OF EAST BBOOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOP-WRI'NGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,242, dated January 6, 1 880.

Application filed october 17, 1879. 4

To all whom llt may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES B. PETTIN- GILL, of East Brookeld, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Moph-lringers, of which the following is a description suficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled ill the art or science to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had lo the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation 3 Fig. 2, a view ofthe clip or socket; and Fig. 3, a view showing the wringerin position for use.

Likelet-ters of' referenoeindieate corresponding parts in the different figures ot' the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of 1nopwringers which are designed to be llsed in connection witll a pail for receiving the suds or water; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter lnore fully set forth alld clailned,by which a silnpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character is produced than is now ill ordinary use.

In the drawings, A B C D represent the sections ofthe wringer, which are jointed together at the upper and lower edges by the vertical rods m m, the section A being provided with a rigid hook or arm, x, as shown.

Each section is slightly curved, and is also narrower at the bottom than at the top, the last section, D, of the series being furnished with inwardly-projecting hooks or claws S. Each ofthe joints is furnished with a stop or shoulder. d d, to prevent the sections froln swinging back too far or getting out of position.

In the use of my improvement, the wringer isinserted in the pail, as shown in Fig. 3,- be ing held suspended therein by the overhangin g arm x, which is secured ill the groove z of the clip E. The cloth of the mop is then passed into the pail and moved laterally until brought illto colltaet with that side of the wringer on which the hooks or claws S are disposed, when, by turning or twisting the cloth, the claws will be caused to engage the same, thus w 1Aapping the wringer around the cloth, and wringing the water from it ill a inanner which will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters without a more explicit descrilltion.

The groove z ill the clip E is V-shaped, the inner side of the arm :l: heilig formed to lit it accurately, and thus prevent the arm from getting out of position when thc wringer is in use.

The sections A B C D being' tapering, or smaller at the bottom thall at the top, give the wringer a tunnel shape when folded, thus causing it to grasp the mop-cloth nlore perfectly, the clotll being usually largest at the upper end or nearest the holder.

Having tllus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. Theilnproved mopewrin ger described, the same consisting ot' the jointed sections A B C D, provided with the hook w and claws S, substantially as and for thel purpose specitied.

2. In a n'lop-wringersubstantiallysuch as described, the sections A B C D, constructed ill a tapering forni, or narrowest at the bottom, so that when folded the wringer will assume the form of a tunnel,'substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES B. P ETTENGILL.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL D. COLE,

JOHN G. ARNY. 

